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Show Wcwe ,wec"k a J of Saint Nick was a (all, angular man who rode on a bony, gray mare. Both the horse and St. Nick THE LEGEND OF SAINT NICHOLAS 'ooked as if they hadnt had a good meal in some time. The Saint had G.10WS IN THE UNITED STATES deep sunken eyes, and were a flowing, threadbare cloak and a of the Holiday articles in b'ack skullcap. itor Nick Saint Its little wonder that Id Book Encyclopedia, the is especially generous to the Amer- Wot The early English settlers in this given Saint Nick ican people. History pi eves that Americans have a nnw name, a new face ard figure, country started giving Saint Nichthe Americans have done a lot lor olas his new look." The English and a new means of transportation. Saint Nick! children adopd thi legendary The or.ginal European versioi Christmas figure from the Dutch, According to Donald Ludgin, Ed but they had trouble pronouncing Somehow the "Saint Nickolous. name changed to Santa Kalouf, ar.d finally it was corrupted to "Santa Claus. CHRISTMAS December 25, 1958 EDITION The of the posterity that he left Many of his desccndents and their mates hold key positions in the civic, social, cultural and business affairs jf this area. le mors b ch Another Ritter family also figured prominently in the development of this section. That was George Ritter, grandfather of Max Ritter who built the elaborate home on 1150 West now owned by Chaun- - t cey Burton. George and his brother Tom who settled in Ogden Valley, both came from England. George will go down in history as an unofficial banker who greatly aided the building up of his community. The two Ritter families could trace no w.cept that Georges heirloom family Bible contained several pages of handwriting in the Germon language indicating they too, originated in Germany. p relat-onshi- v MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR However, this was only the be7, UTTLE PHIL ginning. In 1803 Washington Irving, ' in his Knickerbockers History of Reiumim aWsrjw New York, wrote ot the Saint as AM H KCSDSMOMrrRATIOM guard'an of New York City. Irving RDAftPLlAOW ljM IktOC UP AMO DCMM THl dcscr.bcd Saint Nick as a Jolly felIMMM ID RAUV A low with a broad brimmed hat and , mGHT AC TWV PQTtWMMa huge breeches. He taught Saint v eSMAT !Wn VKTOHYt Nick to smoke a long pipe, and in the story, replaced his shuffling UT THERE BE LIGHT! r with a trim wagon that JLjrrcA 4 MONTM ANO 4Q0OO,THOMA floated over New York house-tops- . A short time later, Saint NichoA PtftCft OP CARBONIZED BBWIMS las transformation was aided by JWR6AO OtO TV TRICK, gQAn p NvO ACTUAU.V WW8 Clement Moore in his famous poem, FOR 40 MX? The Visit from Saint Nicholas, written in 1822. Moore, a profes-sor- e of Divinity in a New York 1 Theological Seminary, gave Saint Nick a sleigh, twinkling eyes, cheeks like roses, npse like a cherry and a round little belly. Todays Santa Claus is by no means streamlined, but he is a far cry from the lean, ascetic, somber- Ritter - From Murray K. Jacobs gave much Page One op ly dressed fellow, who for centurcredit for Its existence to the nonies, on Christmas Eve, guided his member, Frank Francis Ritter. The mare through the streets of Europe. dence ot the later and later h;s sen bishop said that had it not been Eldo. Across the road in the home for F. F.s influence among the now occupied by Glen Ritter, lived the funds for the church gentiles another son. Frank. He was the building could never have been father of Mrs. Roland (Bernecc) raised. Bills, Mrs. Wallace (Jeane) Knight, He also added much to the deboth of Rivcrdale, Mrs. Arthur P. of Weber County by velopment (Francis) Brown of Roy gnd Mrs. his own efforts and by the quality William (Trudy) llcnninger of Salt Lake City. J . hay-burne- YOUNG'S Hardware 445 & Furniture No. Main- - Sunset Best Wishes To one and all we send our very best wishes for a Christ-mastid- e Before it was destroyed by fire rich In contentment end pleasure and affectionate companionship. May this Christmas be the most enjoyable one you've ever hadl the home of Charles Edward and his wife, Lula May Bell Ritter stood on the lot where Abraham Buck-way- s May happiness be your at Christmastime and throughout the entire :Vew Year. SUNSET MARKET i? Fresh Meats and Vegetables - Courteous Service 515 North Main - Sunset Sunset Drug house now is They were the parents of Ralph and his brother and three sisters. They are Mrs. William (Clara) Shipley, Mrs. Clarence (Sadie) Miller of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Bert (No!a) Rund-quis- t who with her husband operate the infirmary at Roy. Emmett was killed in an auto accident over 20 years ago. Still another Ritter home had been erected by Ed for his son, Emmett. He had moved to California so his father sold it to Ralph and his bride, the former Ida Russell. Later the couple bought the original Ritter nome which had in the meantime transferred ownership to Ed. Their little home they sold to Allyn and Virginia Jackson who have since ad ded to it. Keeping pace with the modern times the Ralph Ritters five years brick home. ago built an up Ralph, assisted by Floyd Jensen, constructed it himself even to the making of the Ule for the roof Evidence of the sturdy mater .al used in building by that past is the fact that the majority of the lumger.from the house can be Reused. It is mainly cf red pine ; taken from the Monte Cnsto area. Half of the shingles on the toof when it was torn down were the orgmal ones but the front half had been reall that time. placed just once-i- n Public sp rited projects a ded by Frank Francis Rtter also have proven assees to the community. At the dedicat on of the Riverdale LDS Chapel along about 1924, u " a pah. p-- . 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